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Leprosy in a high-prevalence Egyptian village: epidemiology and risk factors.

International journal of dermatology - 1 Oct 2002

Hegazy Aly A, Abdel-Hamid Ibrahim A, Ahmed El-Shahat F, Hammad Sabry M, Hawas Samia A

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BACKGROUND: The epidemiology of leprosy in rural Egypt is unknown. This prospective household survey was conducted in a high-prevalence Egyptian village in order to explore the epidemiologic characteristics of the disease and to determine the possible socioeconomic and HLA genotype risk factors. METHODS: The subjects of the study were the residents of Kafr-Tambul village in the Dakahlia governorate, Egypt. There...

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PMID: 12390192
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2002.01602.x

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